Heinrich Tessenow Medal
The Heinrich Tessenow Medal is an architecture prize that has been awarded annually since 1963 in memory of Heinrich Tessenow . Until 2006 it was awarded by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS Hamburg at the suggestion of the Heinrich Tessenow Society. Since 2007 it has been awarded by the Heinrich Tessenow Society itself. In several years there were no awards.
Until 1994, the award ceremony took place within the framework of the Fritz Schumacher Foundation at the University of Hanover . Since 1996 this award has been presented several times in the Festspielhaus Dresden-Hellerau (architect: Tessenow). In 2009, the award ceremony took place in the Kulturforum Berlin in cooperation with the art library of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation , more recently in different locations (Hamburg, Berlin, Basel).
Award winners
- 1963: Franz Schuster , Vienna
- 1964: Kay Fisker , Copenhagen
- 1965: Otto Dellemann , Hanover
- 1966: Heinrich Rettig , Dresden
- 1967: Mia Seeger , Stuttgart-Gerlingen
- 1968: Wilhelm Wagenfeld , Stuttgart
- 1969: Wilhelm Tiedje , Stuttgart
- 1970: Wilhelm Hübotter , Hanover
- 1971: Werner Wirsing , Munich
- 1972: Hans Döllgast , Munich
- 1973: Steen Eiler Rasmussen , Copenhagen
- 1974: Heinrich Bartmann , Baden-Baden
- 1975: Otto Kindt , Hamburg
- 1976: Arnold Braune , Oldenburg i. Old.
- 1977: Godber Nissen , Hamburg
- 1978: Gerhard Müller-Menckens , Bremen
- 1979: Hellmut Weber , Stuttgart
- 1980: Helmut Hentrich , Düsseldorf
- 1981: Povl Abrahamsen , Dragör, Denmark
- 1982: Friedrich Seegy , Nuremberg
- 1983: Kornel E. Polgar , Waddingsveen, Netherlands
- 1984: Joachim Schürmann , Cologne
- 1985: Theo Steinhauser , Munich
- 1986: Viggo Möller-Jensen , Copenhagen and Karljosef Schattner , Eichstätt
- 1987: Horst von Bassewitz , Hamburg
- 1988: Johannes Spalt , Vienna
- 1989: Peter Zumthor , Haldenstein
- 1990: Erich Kulke , Bussau im Wendland and Wilhelm Landzettel , Gehrden
- 1991: Theodor Hugues , Munich
- 1992: Giorgio Grassi , Milan
- 1993: Massimo Carmassi , Pisa
- 1994: Kurt Ackermann , Munich
- 1996: Peter Kulka , Dresden and Cologne
- 1997: Sverre Fehn , Oslo
- 1998: Juan Navarro Baldeweg , Madrid
- 1999: David Chipperfield , London
- 2000: Heinz Tesar , Vienna
- 2001: Eduardo Souto de Moura , Porto
- 2002: Peter Märkli , Zurich
- 2003: Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen , Helsinki
- 2004: Gilles Perraudin , Lyon
- 2005: Miroslav Šik , Zurich and Prague
- 2006: Sergison Bates , London
- 2009: Richard Sennett , New York
- 2011: Roger Diener , Basel
- 2013: Alberto Campo Baeza , Madrid
- 2014: Winfried Brenne , Berlin
- 2016: Anne Lacaton , Jean-Philippe Vassal , Paris
- 2017: Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani , Zurich
- 2018: Miller & Maranta , Basel
- 2019: Patrick Bouchain [fr] , Paris
Award winners scholarship holders
Up until 2004, the Tessenow Medal was linked to a one-year scholarship in the field of architecture and monument preservation of the 20th century. In recent years, travel grants have been given to students.
- 1996: Frank Schüler, Berlin
- 1997: Hanne Cecilie Jonassen, Oslo
- 1998: Andrés, Jaque Ovejero, Madrid
- 1999: Jürgen Rustler, Berlin
- 2000: Giovanna Borsato, Venezia
- 2003: Kai Henning Korhonen, Helsinki
- 2004: Francois Esquivie, Grenoble
literature
- Ulrich Höhns: Excellent architecture. Fritz Schumacher Prize 1950–2000 and Heinrich Tessenow Medal 1963–2000 . Christians, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-7672-1381-8
- Kai Krauskopf and Hartmut Frank: Building in the spirit of Heinrich Tessenow. For a modern building culture of simplicity. The winners of the Heinrich Tessenow Medal 1963–2001 . Heinrich Tessenow Foundation, Hamburg [2002?], ISBN 3-00-010506-9